split up

Example Sentences

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My acute distress flared up after my wife and I split up and I moved out of our farmhouse in upstate New York to a sparsely furnished apartment.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

While impressive, the underwriter fees get split up across the banks and aren’t the real money-maker.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

At that time, he was living in Exeter, having split up from his wife.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

But the proposals from Fertitta and Icahn Enterprises both involve structuring the deal in a way that would allow the company to be split up without Vici’s consent, those people said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

My mom says Uncle Ermenio is sad that we haven’t visited him since my parents split up.

From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya